alertness

InfoAlertness is the state of active attention by high sensory awareness such as being watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency, or being quick to perceive and act.more...It is related to psychology as well as to physiology. A lack of alertness is a symptom of a number of conditions, including narcolepsy, attention deficit disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, Addison's disease, or sleep deprivation. Pronounced lack of alertness can be graded as an altered level of consciousness.

At the same time, her natural alertness took in everything going on about her.As the dinner progressed, she could not help seeing how Mr Ellis's eyes seemed to awaken from their torpor; but the life that came into them was such that Mavis much preferred them as they originally were.…Cited from Sparrows, by Horace W.C. Newte

The effect of alertness which he always produced was more evident now than ever.He kept his cane and himself in continual motion.…Cited from The Winning Clue, by James Hay, Jr.

And when on the fourth day civilization was utterly emptied out of the world, he saw a bunch of cattle, and, galloping among them, his spurred and booted kindred.And his manner took on that alertness a horse shows on turning into the home road.…Cited from Lin McLean, by Owen Wister

No one ever before had given him such an impression of strength and physical alertness.He seemed to have grown, to have expanded visibly since their departure from Wareville.…Cited from The Young Trailers, by Joseph A. Altsheler

He was silent for a moment, frowning, passing his hand across his forehead and winking his eyes.Then, with a return of his usual alertness, he looked at his watch.…Cited from The Pit, by Frank Norris

During the early days of his rule he was personally known for his alertness.He soon became a well-known Albanian Muslim figure.…

I walked into the dining-room and found Uncle Luke at breakfast, with Lord and Lady St. Leger on each side of him, eating little themselves, but pressing one thing after another on him.I felt a sense of a new alertness about the house.Although the old servants were faithful they had grown a little slipshod in their ways, seeing that it mattered little to their employers.…Cited from The Story of Bawn, by Katharine Tynan

Only a certain eager alertness showed the delight he took in her presence.Cited from A Daughter of the Snows, by Jack London

With a brief return of her mental alertness, the old woman studied her carefully.Cited from Life and Gabriella, by Ellen Glasgow

None gave any sign of alertness toward any possible approaching danger.No longer wary, West broke through the last of the bushes and straddled into the open.…Cited from Man Size, by William MacLeod Raine

There was new alertness in her eyes, though she had listened before."I tell you it GROWS!" he gave back and lightly struck the table in emphasis.…Cited from The Head of the House of Coombe, by F Burnett

Two stalwart lads were marching steadily through the deep woods, some months later.They were boys in years, but in size, strength, alertness and knowledge of the forest far beyond their age.One, in particular, would have drawn the immediate and admiring glance of every keen-eyed frontiersman, so powerful was he, and yet so light and quick of movement.…Cited from The Young Trailers, by Joseph A. Altsheler

While scoring a critical hit using a standard attack is fairly simple, the strongest skills have swing meters which can be quite difficult to use, thus making the points spent to gain them a gamble.Another point to consider is the state of alertness of the player.Given the reflexes necessary to consistently and accurately use the swing meters, and the consequences of missed hits, a tired player will inevitably fare poorer than an alert one.…

Mr. Sabin passed across the marble hall, leaning heavily upon his stick.Yet for all his slow movements there was a new alertness in his eyes and bearing.He was once more taking keen note of everybody and everything about him.…Cited from The Yellow Crayon, by E. Phillips Oppenheim

For some moments he stood where he had been left, a figure with small signs of alertness about it.Cited from Something New, by P.G. Wodehouse

There was a crackling of the brambles, succeeded by a stampede.Jack, with all his alertness, had not been quite quick enough.With a jeering whoop, two shabby figures escaped into the road.…Cited from Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir, by Mary Catherine Crowley

Her voice struck him into a sort of listening alertness, and again she pronounced his name."You, Miss Kinney-- here?" he asked in amazement.…Cited from A Texas Ranger, by William MacLeod Raine

Short, broad, and thick-set, every inch of him has its own alertness and motion.He has a good head and face, thick black hair, heavy black brows and a keen eye.…Cited from Stephen A. Douglas, by Allen Johnson

All things look, not only to the integration of trade, but to its exaltation.Trade has ceased to be a thing of individual energy, talent, and commercial alertness.…Cited from The Warriors, by Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown

Its age thus revealed, and framed in the darkness, shocked Chayne, even at this moment, more than it had done on the platform at Chamonix.Not merely were its deep lines shown up, but all the old humor and alertness had gone.The face had grown mask-like and spiritless.…Cited from Running Water, by A. E. W. Mason [AKA: Alfred Edward Woodley Mason]